Improvement in hoes



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UNITED STATES FATENT OEEICE.

H. O. ROGERS, OF SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT lN' HOES.

`To alt wlwm it mcg] concern:

Be it known that I, H. O. ROGERS, of Scranton7 in the county ot' Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Hoe; and I do hereby declare that the following is a iull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specication, in Which- Figure 1 represents a longitudinal vertical section ot' my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference in both views in-4 dicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists of a hoe composed of a plate of iron and a plate ot' steel, welded together in such a manner that the two metals form a self-cutting edge.

To enable those skilled in the ait to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation with reference to the drawings.

My hoe A is madein theuordinary form and shape; and it consists ot' two plates, a b, one ot' iron andthe other of steel, which are rmly united by welding. By these means I can produce a hoe which has manifest advantages both for the manufacturer and for the purchaser.

My hoes can be made cheaper than hoes entirely ot steel, and in the solid-neck hoes they will be greatlysuperior, as the neck will be composed ot' iron and steel combined, thus giving great strength and stiffness and far less liability to break-a common fault of the solid cast-steel hoe. i In the manufacture of my hoes I can afford to put in a much better quality of steel, they being halt' iron, which will reduce the aggregate price tor the stock, so that the use of goed steel can be afforded; and, furthermore, lthe iron will so support and strengthen the steel that a pure quality of steel can be'used, which can be properly tempered and will bear a keen edge. When a hoe 1s made entirely of steel it has to be made of a quality of low temper, like spring-steel, or it would crack and break easily both in tempering and in use, as the same has to be plated out so thin to make it light enough.

In using my hoe the soft iron wears away and a hard sharp steel edge is left prominent. The hoe therefore works easily in the hand ot a farmer, and each stroke is sure to have the desired effect on weeds, Ste.v

It must be remarked that my hoe is self sharpening. The iron wears away by the actionof the ground ou the hoe, leaving the hard steel edge prominent, and it differs in this par-v ticular from scythes and othercutting tools or instruments, which may be made by welding aplate of steel between two plates of iron. In this latter case theiron has to be removed by the action ot' the grinding-stone in order to produce a sharp edge. My hoe requires no sharpening on the stone, and its manufacture is considerably facilitated if the steel andiron are firmly welded together in the bar or bloom,

which is then drawn-out and rolled down to the requisite thickness for the hoe.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent as a new article of manufacture, is

A hoe, A, composed ot' two plates, a b, one of iron and the other ot' steel, so united by welding them together that the two metals ferm the cutting-edge, for the purpose` set forth.v

H. C. ROGERS.

Witnesses: l

, JAMES NOLAN,

I. FOEDHAM. 

